Police seize gun thrown from car
POLICE seized a firearm that was thrown from a car after suspects led officers on a chase in the Blue Hill Road area.
Jury hears closing arguments for triple murder trial
A JURY yesterday listened to three hours of closing arguments from Crown and defence counsel on whether two accused men were the shooters behind the gruesome execution of three persons, including a woman due to give birth to a baby boy.
Two men admit robbery with cutlass of American tourist in 2010
TWO men pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday to the cutlass attack and robbery of an American visitor who had bought drugs from them.
UPDATED: Police investigate after man dies from wound to his body
POLICE in New Providence are looking into the circumstances that led to a man dying in hospital after being found on Wulff Road, near East Street with a wound in his body.
Man dead, two injured in Freeport shootings
A MAN was shot dead and two others are in hospital following two separate shooting incidents in Freeport over the weekend.
Police investigate after man dies from wound to his body
POLICE in New Providence are looking into the circumstances that led to a man dying in hospital after being found on Wulff Road, near East Street with a wound in his body.
Six arrested in swoops on nightclubs
A special operation, led by officers from the Selective Enforcement Team, intensified on the weekend with the arrest of six persons for various criminal offences and the closure of several clubs for business and liquor licence violations.
Man dies in midnight Freeport shooting
ONE MAN has died and two others are in serious condition in the Rand Memorial Hospital after two overnight shooting incidents in Grand Bahama, police have reported.
Jamaican Matthew Sewell granted bail in sex attack case
JAMAICAN Matthew Sewell was granted $6,500 bail by a magistrate yesterday ahead of his trial concerning the latest allegation of sexual assault brought against him in the past decade.
FIREARM OFFENCES: Nearly 20 arrested in 24 hours
NEARLY 20 people have been arrested over a number of firearm related offences in the Bahamas in the last 24 hours, police said on Friday.
Police arrest man wanted for questioning in connection with rape
A MAN wanted for questioning over a rape matter was arrested by police in Grand Bahama on Friday afternoon.
Abaco woman, 86, seriously burned in house fire
AN elderly Abaco woman sustained serious burns to the body in a house fire on Thursday night and was airlifted to hospital in New Providence for medical treatment.
Strike team found escaped murderer
A POLICE search that lasted two weeks ended Wednesday night when a special team of officers arrested escaped convicted murderer Ormand Leon at a home in bushes on Fire Trail Road.
Cubans held for three years illegally
A LAWYER who yesterday argued for the immediate release of two Cubans who were unlawfully detained in prison for nearly three years criticised the authorities for the apparent hypocrisy concerning respect for the rule of law and due process.
UPDATED: Recaptured killer jailed for 41 years
MURDER convict Ormand Leon, who escaped from a police bus two weeks ago, was yesterday sentenced to more than 40 years in prison after a Supreme Court judge found that he was apparently “unwilling” to remain in police custody for the court’s sentencing.
